French Polynesia
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Tourist trend reversed FRENCH Polynesia, whose tourist num bers have been dropping since 1986, managed to turn the sector around in 1989 with a 2.7 per cent increase for the year, or a total of 139,705 visitors. The greatest number 50406 came from the United States, but that source continues to show a decline with the ma jor increases coming from Australia, Europe, Japan and New Zealand.
Another trade deficit VISIBLE trade figures for 1989 show that French Polynesia still has a large gap between exports and imports.
Traded goods figures show a deficit of CFP78,904 million (U 55770.32 million).
The territory exported goods worth CFP9BSO million, but imports totalled CFP88,754 million.